Edcuaiton is the most powerful tool for empowering the children in general and particularly the one with special needs. The efforts are going on to provide "free and compulsory educaiton for all (FACE)" keeping Right to Edcuation (RTE) 2009. It is the right issue to be addressed for understanding its effective utilization, challenges and opportunites for reaching its targeted goals.
The number of children out of school (COS) has reached to an alrming stage. Efforts are going on to work for the inclusion of the children with special needs. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) later changed as Rajiv Vidhya Mission (RVM) is one such novel scheme to establish special training centres.
In addition, the National Trust, an autonomous body under the Ministry of Scoial Justice & Empowerment, New Delhi also works in this direction through its novel schme of ASPIRATION. It concentrates for the children in the age group of 0-6 years with disabilities like mental retradation, autism, cerebral palsy and multiple disabilties.
Several NGOs are running this project and putting their best for the real inclusion of the targeted children with special needs.
Still the COS is quite high which reflects the ineffectiveness of the RTE 2009. It further links up with the non achievement of the Millinium Developmental Goals (MDGs).
Star Youth Association (SYA), an NGO with base at Velugodu, Kurnool Dist, AP., is going to organize National Semianr on RTE 2009. It expects good participation of the stakeholders with right inputs both to understand and suggest solutions / opportunities to overcome the challenges. This certainly results for the added responsibility of the NGOs to fill the GAP.
Looking forward for better utlization of the rights for the real empowerment of our children with quality education.......
All the Best
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